Display box



1,516,821 F. F. KNOTHE DI SPLAY BOX Nbv. 25,

Filed Aug- 9, 1922 INVENTOR 1 ATTORNEY Q (A 677M 7,75% Wadi/w PatentedNov. 25, 19243 FRANK F. KNOTHE, O'F RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR- TOKNOTHE BROTHERS 00., me, or NEW YORK, N. x, A

CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DISPLAY BOX.

Application filed August 9, 1922.

Be it known that I, FRANK F. KNOTHE, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of Ridgewood, in the countyof Bergen and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Display Boxes, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a box or contamer in which awaist belt may be retained and displayed separate from its buckle, withmeans within the box to detachably support the buckle in position to bedisplayed.

In carrying out my invention I provide a box or container or suchdimensions as to permit a waist belt to be coiled on edge therein, andapproximately at the mid-portion of the box I provide a support for abelt buckle,

which support 1y from the bottom of the extends upwardbox in such a pointhe claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof,where- Fig. 1 1s a perspective view of a display box embodying myinvention;

Fig. 3 is a Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 2, 2 in Fig.

detail view illustrating the buckle support, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the buckle support.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views.

The box is indicated generally at 1 and which may be of any suitableconstruction, being shown provided with a hinged cover 2, although thecover may be connected with the box in any other desired manner. The boxmay be of an ornamental variety and is adapted to contain a waist belt 3in such a manner that the belt will be exposed coiled and on edge. At 4is a support for a buckle 5 to be used with the belt. The support 4 isshown provided with base portion 4 a relatively narrow adapted to beattached to the Serial No. 580,658.

bottom 1 of the box and with an upwardly extending laterally disposedrelatively broad portion 4 to receive the buckle. The part 4 of thebuckle support may be attached to the bottom l of the box in anysuitable manner. I have shown a retaining bar 6 at the bottom of thebox, which bar may be formed integral with the box bottom by slittingthe latter in spaced relation and pushing the intermediate materialinwardly to provide a space between the bar and the plane of the bottomof the box into which the narrow end 4 of support 4 may be pushed, asillustrated in Fig. 2. The bar 6 may be squeezed or pressed against theprojection 4 to retain the same securely on the box bottom. The support4 may be made of relatively thin flexible metal whereby the portion 4 ofsaid support may extend along the bottom 1 of the box and the por tion 4of support 4 may extend upwardly within the box toward the open side atany suitable angle to the bottom 1, adapted to display the buckle 5 inattractive position when applied to the support. By having the materialof the support flexible the portion 4 may be bent and adjusted to anysuitable angle respecting the box bottom to display the buckle mostadvantageously. The box may be provided with a suitable lining, as at 7,such as of velvet, and the support 4 may also be covered with a suitablecovering 8, such as of velvet, the extreme end portion of projection 4preferably being left uncovered to be securely attached to the boxbottom.

The support 4 is so located, near the mid portion of the box spaced fromthe sides of the box, that the belt 3 may be coiled within the boxaround the support in such a manner as to leave a space within thecoiled belt within which the support 4 is located sothat the buckle maybe conveniently and advantageously displayed within the coiled belt. Thebuckle may he slipped upon and removed from support 4 as desired. In theform of buckle illustrated its retaining lever 5 may be used to clampthe buckle to support 4 in the same way that the buckle would be clampedupon the belt.

My improved display box will be found desirable and useful to contain abelt and its buckle for shipment and for sale as well as to retain thebelt and buckle in a safe and cleanly way by the user, since thecombined belts, buckles and boxes may be sold as individual articles ofmerchandise.

Having now described my invention, I claim is:

A display box provided with a support secured to the bottom of the boxat approxwhat imately its mid-portion, said support extending from thebox bottom toward its 10 open side at an angle to the box bottom, thesides of the box being spaced from said support to admit a belt betweensaid sides and said support.

FRANK F. KNOTHE.

